News on the changing labor market
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Big role possible for employers in keeping people in work
12th May 2022Employers can contribute in various ways to job security for their staff. Large organizations in the (semi-)public sector in particular already do so, mainly for economic reasons: they see their HR department as a strategic partner, have a social plan and collaborate with other organizations in the region.
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Josette Dijkhuizen appointed endowed professor Sustainable employability of entrepreneurs
02nd May 2022As of May 1, 2022, Tilburg University has appointed Prof. Josette Dijkhuizen as an endowed professor of 'Sustainable employability of entrepreneurs in the Netherlands'. Her research focuses on critical events in the personal and working lives of entrepreneurs, potential causes of dropout and possible preventive interventions.
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Tax reforms essential for labor market and pensions
04th April 2022Major changes and revisions are on the agenda for the labor market, the pension system, and the tax system--including the benefits system--in the coming years. It is essential to look at the symbiosis between these three policy dossiers, because taxation creates the preconditions for all of them.
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Best Netspar PhD thesis award for Kristy Jansen
31st January 2022Kristy Jansen (Department of Finance and affiliated with the Dutch Central Bank) wins the Netspar award for best PhD thesis. She receives this award because of her highly relevant research questions regarding investment decisions of institutional investors such as pension funds.
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Netspar research: the new Dutch pension system delivers what it promises
18th January 2022The Tilburg University researchers examined the income effects at both the time of transition to this new scheme and in the longer run. The conclusion is that the new pension system does what it promises. The chance of higher pensions is much greater than the risk of a lower pension.
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Vote for Irmgard Borghouts for the You Go Girl Award 2021 for expert women in media
03rd January 2022Labor market expert Irmgard Borghouts has been nominated for the You Go Girl Award 2021. The award is for expert women who raise their profile in the media.
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Labor market transition: towards more value and more work
01st July 2021The Netherlands has an inclusion deficit - or rather a surplus of untapped talent. Some 1 to 2 million people want to and can work in some way, but do not manage to get sustainable and paid work. Therefore, a labor market transition must be initiated, which requires four systemic steps. One of these is that the broad value of work and participation in work must become the starting point.
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Jaap Paauwe to receive Thomas A. Mahoney Mentoring Award
13th April 2021Jaap Paauwe, em. professor Organization and HR Management (TSB), is the first non-American to receive the Thomas A. Mahoney Mentoring Award, which is given annually to an individual who has distinguished herself/himself in the mentoring of PhD students.
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Bastiaan Starink appointed Endowed Professor of Labor Market, Pensions and Taxation
02nd February 2021As of February 1, 2021, Bastiaan Starink is Endowed Professor of Labor Market, Pensions and Taxation at Tilburg Law School. The remit of his chair concerns the reform of the collective second pillar of the pension system and the evolving labor market in the Netherlands.
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Irmgard Borghouts and Charissa Freese jointly appointed to chair HRM and Social Security
01st February 2021Dr. Charissa Freese and Dr. Irmgard Borghouts-van de Pas will be jointly appointed to the new endowed chair 'HRM and Social Security' as of February 1, 2021. They will each work from their own disciplines and in close collaboration to give substance to the chair established by Instituut Gak.The double chair will be established at the Tilburg School of Social and Behavorial Sciences (TSB) and Tilburg Law School (TLS).
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Majority of managers reluctant to hire applicants with mental health problems
15th January 2021A new Tranzo survey of 670 executives in all Dutch sectors shows that a majority (64%) is reluctant to hire applicants with mental health problems. In addition, one in three managers would not quickly hire an employee who has ever had mental health problems, even if those problems are no longer an issue. The publication will soon be published in the renowned journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine (OEM).
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Transparency can inhibit workers from making their best efforts
07th October 2020Although enlightened corporate management may seem like a good idea at first glance, new research suggests that when it comes to two features with which it is associated – high transparency and a strong group identity combining them may not work out as hoped. According to a paper co-authored by Ruidi Shang of Tilburg University in the current issue of 'The Accounting Review', employees with strong group identity may not perform best when group transparency is high. Indeed, the most able of them are more likely to perform at their peak when transparency is low.
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Beliefs disadvantaged people tend to reinforce economic inequality
26th August 2020The way disadvantaged people think about their economic status and their beliefs of others’ opinions contributes to their not acting against the status quo. That is what sociologist Ondrej Buchel concludes in his PhD thesis, which he will defend at Tilburg University on September 4th.
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Lockdown research: working from home pays off!
20th June 2020The lockdown in the corona crisis is unintentionally the biggest working from home experiment ever. Recent research carried out by Tilburg University in collaboration with Veldhoen + Company shows that working from home pays off. People say that it fits in better with their own social preferences, that they can work more efficiently and have more control over their working day. The survey was conducted among 5,000 respondents from all over Europe.
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Preventing youth unemployment: lessons from past crises
04th June 2020After summer a new generation of school leavers will flow into the labour market. This labour market has been shaken up severely due to the corona crisis. How can we offer youth a good perspective and prevent youth unemployment?
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DSM Grant for research in People Analytics (HRS)
17th December 2019Prof. Jaap Paauwe and dr. Karina van de Voorde have obtained a grant (€200.000) for a four-year appointment of a PhD student in the area of People Analytics. PhD Student Rubin Steegh will be involved in several projects in the area of well-being, engagement and performance, based on the availability of workforce data and the sampling of so-called experience data
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Mental health disclosure at work –how to influence a good outcome
14th August 2019Whether disclosure of mental health issues in the work environment works out positively or not is dependent on many factors, of which especially the communication process is of crucial importance, as was shown by a new study by Evelien Brouwers PhD and colleagues (Tranzo).
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Male and female stereotypes may have a negative impact on business performance
09th May 2019New research by Hans van Dijk and Marloes van Engen (Tilburg University) shows that assumptions and stereotypes about men and women may have a negative impact on the performance of organizations. Removing prejudices with Human Library initiatives could be a solution.
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Behavioral economics applied to new pension contracts: shock-resistant and tailor-made
11th September 2015PRESS RELEASE 11-09-2015 - The optimal new pension contract can and must take into account people’s need for certainty and the possibility to spread the risk of financial setbacks out over time. Servaas van Bilsen argues this in his PhD thesis, Essays on Intertemporal Consumption and Portfolio Choice, which he defended at Tilburg University on November 4.